Courtesy of tech business guru Dave Davison of Thoughts Illustrated, I encourage you to check out Shelfari- a new social networking site for serious readers. I began constructing "my shelf" this morning, though despite Shelfari's user-friendly app it is going to take some time to get even a reasonable percentage of my collection up online, given the volume of books.

Just a thought, you know, the book I might be interested in would be the one with your favorite "hits" from the web. There are some really great conversations, I have found, going on out there, no matter who participated in them. I would be interested in the more interesting, funny, sad, or provocative ones you, and other people like you, have notice in your travels. Perhaps they could be put on your shelf?

Naw, I was thinking about the one you could write. Possibly taking historical discussion content off the web and applying it to past events. You must have read some pretty good discussions on your blog and others, which might make for a good book. While this seems counter logic, I think people in the US are simply too busy to read about what is going on the web. I think the average American would be amazed at some of the commentsgoing on. I was just thinking of something more substantial than "bookmarks" and "favorites". While a meme is a replicator, I would think that a "map" showing where you have been and where you're going would be interesting.

LibraryThing www.librarything.com is a hell of a lot better than shelfari. More people. More options. Easier use. The social networking and recommendation software seems to be a lot more accurate on librarything as well.